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July 15, 2016

Stop Using That One Study to Pretend Racism Doesn’t Exist in Police Shootings

Samuel Sinyangwe Medium.com

The media—led by the New York Times—took an inconclusive study focused on a limited number of cases and made it a national story undercutting the notion that racial bias exists in police shootings.

July 15, 2016

Our Revolution: What's Next on Bernie Sanders' Horizon

Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams

'The goal here is to do what I think the Democratic establishment has not been very effective in doing,' said Sanders

Where Do Galaxies Come From?

July 15, 2016

What we do and don’t know about baby galaxies and how they're born.

Senator Elizabeth Warren Calls for Action to Root Out Influence of Money in Politics

July 15, 2016

In a Senate floor speech on the sixth anniversary of Citizens United, Senator Elizabeth Warren laid out steps that Congress and the Administration can take to root out the influence of money in politics.

Jim Zogby on Democrats and the Occupation of Palestine

July 15, 2016

Palestinians are in for "another difficult four years" as a result of the weakness of the Democratic Party platform's statement on Israel and Palestine, says Jim Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute.

Für Elise in Different Tastes

July 15, 2016

An impromptu piano improvisation on Fur Elise at the Prague airport in 2014 by the extraordinary Lebanese musician (and technology consultant) Maan Hamadeh.

Why Bernie Waited to Endorse Hillary

July 15, 2016

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at Bernie Sanders' late endorsement of Hillary Clinton.

July 15, 2016

Friday Nite Videos -- July 15, 2016

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Why Bernie Waited to Endorse Hillary. Für Elise in Different Tastes. Jim Zogby on Democrats and the Occupation of Palestine. Senator Elizabeth Warren Calls for Action to Root Out Influence of Money in Politics. Where Do Galaxies Come From?

July 14, 2016

Tidbits - July 14, 2016 - Reader Comments: U.S. "Inequality Trap"; Police Brutality and Racial Terror; Sanders and Democratic Party; Brexit; Tair Kaminer; and more...

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Reader Comments: U.S. Stuck in an "Inequality Trap"; New Wave of Police Brutality and Racial Terror; Photo That Should Be Seen Around the World; Sanders Delivered Most Progressive Platform for Democrats, Ever - Yet Still a Long Way to Go on War and Military Policy, and Trade Policy Still Needs to be Changed; About Demonstrations at GOP Convention; Brexit; James Green; Tair Kaminer; Austrian elections; Remembering Donald Jelinek; Save the Georg Lukacs Archive...

July 14, 2016

"The Crucible" a Stunning Parable of McCarthyism's Attack on America

Lucy Komisar The Komisar Scoop

A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted. Miller's story is about events that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. But it's really about the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), America's thought police of the early 50s, which burned through American rights and professed values. It's the best play of the season.(Closes July 17, 2016)